Harvester.



No. 679,255. Patented July 23, I911". J. H. DANIEL.

HARVESTER.

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HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,255, dated July 23,1901.

Application filed April 18, 1899.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB H. DANIEL, of Owensboro, in the county ofDaviess, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Harvesters, of which the following is a completespecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawrugs. I

The object of my invention is to produce an improvement in self-bindingharvesters, whereby the transportation of the machine from one place toanother isfacilitated.

In the ordinary type of harvesters the width of the machine is such asto prohibit its transportation over an ordinary roadway withoutpartially disassembling it, an operation which requires considerabletime and some skill to accomplish and which is therefore expensive.

By my invention it is proposed to provide in a harvester such means ofelevating the platform as can be readily manipulated by one man.

Such in general terms being the scope of my invention, I shall proceedhereinafter to describe in detail and to succinctly specify in theappended claims the more exact scope of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a top plan View of a completeharvester embodying my invention; Fig. II is a side elevation of thesame; Fig. III is a rear elevation of the subject-matter of Figs. I andII; Fig. IV is a view similar to Fig. III, showing the platform elevatedand the reel closed as for transportation; Fig. V is a front view of themachine in the position illustrated in Fig. IV; Fig. VI is a section onthe line VI VI of Fig. I; Fig. VII is a detail perspective viewillustrating the reel-expanding mechanism; Fig. VIII is a perspectiveview of the supporting-wheel frame detached; Fig. IX is a section on IXIX of Fig. III; Fig. X is a detail sectional View of the screw-bolt 44.

Referring to the figures on the drawings, 1 indicates the mainsupporting and driving Wheel of the machine, upon whose shaft 2 isjournaled, as indicated at 3, the main frame 40f the machine. The wheellcommunicates motion, as through a beveled gear 5, pinion 6, shaft 7,eccentric 8, andlink 9, to a cutter 10. The wheel 1 also drives, as byengagement of a beveled gear 12 on its side opposite the Serial No.713,482. (No model.)

wheel 5 with a beveled pinion 13, a shaft 14. Said shaft is providedupon its extremity with a sprocket-pinion 15, which, intermeshing with asprocket-belt 16, drives a sprocketpinion 17, fixed to the end of theroller-shaft 18, that actuates an endless belt 19. The belt 19 isinclined upon the frame 4 and is adapted to elevate grain in the strawfrom the platform 20 to the binding mechanism. (Not illustrated.) Theshaft 18, as bysuitable sprocketgear connection 21, imparts rotation toa shaft 22, journaled in suitable bearings in the frame 4 and providedupon its opposite extremity with a beveled gear 23, which, meshing witha corresponding gear 24, actuates a shaft 25, carried in suitablehearings in a reel-frame 26. The shaft 25 is provided upon its extremityopposite that which carries the gear 24 with a beveled gear 28, that,meshing with a gear 29, secured to a reel-shaft 30, revolu bly mountedin the reel-frame 26, serves to drive said shaft.

The mechanism above specified, and illustrated in the drawings, isintended to be merely representative of a grainbinder for which anypreferred type of mechanism may be substituted in practice.Oonstituting, as it does, no part of my invention the mechanismdescribed is not even selected as a preferable form of embodiment ofgrain-binding mechanism, but is adopted mainly as being well adapted todiagrammatically assist the explication of the principle of myinvention. Let it be observed also that the binding mechanism of themachine is omitted, being entirely non-essential to the explanation ofmy invention. v

Coming now to that part of the machine which constitutes the embodimentof my invention, and referring particularly to Figs. III, IV, and V, 31and 32 indicate tongues that constitute projections from the frame 4,above referred to. Said tongues underlie and support the platform 20when said platform is in the horizontal position. The platform 20 in theordinary type of harvester is rigidly secured to the frame of themachine; but my invention comprehends the movably mounting of it in aspecial manner upon the frame 4, whereby it may be lifted from thehorizontal to the substantially vertical position, when required, for

transporting the machine from one place to the other. For this purposethe side bars 33 of the platform are pivoted (see Fig. VI) uponjournal-boxes 34, secured to the frame 4 and supporting the shaft 22.The shaft 22 carries between the side bars 33 a roller 35, that actuatesan endless belt or conveyer 36. It is for this purpose that I prefer topivot the platform 20 concentrically with the shaft 22 in order that theplatform may be elevated and depressed without affecting the tension ofthe belt 36. It is important in this connection that the platform 20should not exert any binding strain upon the shaft 22, and this end isaccomplished by the interposition of boxes 34 between the side bars 33and the shaft 22.

Upon the extremity of the platform 20 I provide tongues 38 and 39,corresponding to the tongues 31 and 32, previously described. They aredesigned to detachably secure to the platform a supporting-wheel frame40. (Clearly shown in Fig. VIII.) As shown in that figureya narrow box41 is provided for the reception of the tongue 38, the box and thetongue being provided with alining apertures for the reception of a bolt42 for securing the parts together. The end of frame 40 opposite the box41 is provided with a bifurcated plate 43, which straddles a screw-bolt44 on the tongue 39. Employment of the plate 43 in connection with thebox 41 affords eonvenientmeans for attaching and detaching the frame 40,the manipulation of the nut 42 serving to secure or release the framefrom the tongues 38 and 39, to which it is secured.

The frame 40 is designed to support the end of the platform 20 when theplatform is in the horizontal position or to balance the frame 4 whenthe platform is in the elevated position-=as shown, for example, inFigs. IV and V. When used as shown in the figures last named, the frame40 is attached to the tongues 31 and 32 in a manner precisely similar tothat in which it is attached to the tongues 38 and 39.

In shifting the frame 40 from one position to the other the frame 4 maybe temporarily balanced by a block or anysuitable makeshiftfor thepurpose.

The frame 40 is provided with a wheel 45, which is preferablyadjustable, being for that purpose carried on a lever 46, pivoted, asindicated at 47, to the frame 40, and adjustable, as by means of asuitable-latch 48, engaging the notches 49 of a quadrant ona plate 50,that is secured to and constitutes a part of the frame 40.

The. rear wall 51 of the platform 20 is preferably pivotally secured tothe platform, so that it may be folded down against the platform whenthe latter is elevated. For this reason a latch 52, (see Fig. III,)entering an aperture 53 in a side wall 54, carried on the frame 4 andengaginga strip 55 on said wall 54, may serve to hold the wall 51 inplace when the platform 20 is in the horizontal position.

56 indicates a spring-latch supported upon the frame 4, as by the wall54, that is adapted to engage a lug 57, projecting from the bottom ofthe platform 20.

The engagement of the lever 56 and lug 57 serves to hold the platform 20in the elevated position and may be assisted in that function by a bar58, pivoted, as indicated at 59, to a portion of the frame 4 andprovided with a head 60, (see Figs. IV and V,) that fits betweenadjacent fingers 61 and 62 of the finger-bar. When not in use, the bar.58 hangs vertically out of the way of the operating mechanism.

In connection with the mechanism for elevating and depressing theplatform 20 it is necessary to provide some means of disposing of thereel, which in machines of this class projects partially above thecutter and finger bars and operates to sweep the standing grain towardthose members and to further urge the cut grain upon the conveyer 36. Itis practicable in this connection to employ a laterally-swinging ordetachable reel such as is known in the art; but I prefer, eitherwithout or in addition to such mechanism, to'employ a folding reel ofspecial construction. The reel, as has been suggested, is carried uponthe shaft 30. In order to provide for the folding of the reel upon saidshaft, I

provide thereon, preferably, a pair of disks 65 and 66. One disk mightbe employed; but for lending rigidity to the reel when expanded I preferto employ two, one cooperating with the other. The reel consists of aplurality of frames pivotally secured to the shaft 30, as by arms 68, apair of arms being provided for each frame. The arms 68 of the severalframes are so disposed upon the shaft 30 as to permit of the framesbeing expanded, as shown, for example, in Fig. II, or folded together,as shown in Fig. IV. In the last position the arms 68 lie side by sidein substantially vertical alinement. The disks 65 and 66 are preferablyprovided as a part of the expanding mechanism or mechanism for holdingthe reel-frames in position for operation. For that purpose the disksare provided (see Fig. VII) with a series of stops 70, 71, 72, and 73.The stops 71, 72, and 73preferably consist of shoulders formed in thebody of the disk, while the stop may consist'of a pin projecting fromthe face of the highest of the planes by which the several shoulders aredefined. The outmost arms 68 are preferably.

secured fixedly to their respective disks, as by pins or bolts 74, inclose juxtaposition to the shoulder 73, against which they are supportedwhen the reel is in operation. Each of the other arms 68 arerespectively held in engagement with their respective stops, as byspring-dogs 75.

In operation the strain upon the arm 68 is in opposition to the stops orshoulders upon the disks. The dogs therefore need not be capable ofsustaining any considerable strain, but are only intended to hold theweight of the reel-frames to their respective positions. When the reelis expanded, as shown, for example, in Fig. II, the adjustable arm 68being held in position by the dogs 75, as shown in Fig. VII, the reelresembles in appearance and in mode of operation any ordinaryharvester-reel.

When the reel is to be folded for the purpose of transporting themachine, all that is necessary is to depress the several dogs 75 andpermit the several arms 68 to assume the position illustrated, forexample, in Fig. IV, in which position they are out of the way of theplatform 20 and permit the raising or lowering thereof in the manneralready described.

What I claim is- 1. In a harvester, the combination with its frame, andplatform pivotally united thereto, of a forwardly-folding, vertical rearWall on the platform, tachably uniting said rear wall and the frame,substantially as set forth.

2. In a harvester, the combination with its frame provided with tongues,of a pivoted platform provided with tongues corresponding to the tonguesupon the frame, one of each pair of tongues being provided with a bolt,and a supporting-Wheel frame provided on one end, with a box adapted toreceive one of the tongues of either pair above referred to, and at theother end with a bifurcated plate adapted to engage the bolt upon theother tongue of either pair, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a harvester-frame and its platform pivotallyunited thereto, of a folding reel located to one side of the platformand having frame-arms independently movable around its axis, wherebywhen the reel is folded, the frame-arms hang in parand latch mechanismfor de-' allel, vertical planes out of the path of movement of theplatform, substantially as set forth.

4:. A folding harvester-reel comprising a shaft, reel-frame arms mountedthereon at one end respectively, and arranged in pairs extending uponone side only of the shaft, said pairs of reel-frame arms being movableindependently around the longitudinal axis of said shaft in such manneras, when the reel is folded, to hang altogether below the shaft inparallel planes.

5. A folding harvester-reel comprising a shaft, reel-frame arms mountedthereon at one end respectively, and arranged in pairs extending fromone side only of said shaft, said pairs of reel-frame arms being movableindependently around the longitudinal axis of said shaft, and means forholding the pairs of reel-frame arms in distributed positions about theshaft.

6. A folding harvester-reel consisting of a shaft and disk securedthereto, of stops and dogs upon the disk, and reel-frame arms pivotedupon the shaft and cooperating with said stops and dogs, substantiallyas set forth.

7. In a folding reel, the combination of a shaft a pair of disksprovided, respectively, with cooperating stops and dogs, and reelframesmounted upon the shaft and havin arms disposed so as to cooperate withthe stops and dogs, respectively, of the disks, substantially as setforth.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JACOB H. DANIEL.

